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MUIRHEAD  BONE 


CATALOGUE  OF  AN  EXHIBITION 

of 


Etchings  and  Dry-Points 

by 

MUIRHEAD  BONE 


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Galleries  of  M.  KNOEDLER  &  CO. 
556-55B  Fifth  Avenue 
New  York 

From  December  3rd,  1919 


MUIRHEAD  BONE 

Born  March  23,  1876,  at  Patrick,  a  Suburb  of 
Glasgow,  Scotland 

AMPBELL  DODGSON,  ESQ.,  keep¬ 
er  of  Prints  and  Drawings,  British 
ish  Museum,  in  his  catalogue  of  the 
Etchings  and  Dry  Points  by  Muirhead 
Bone,  1909,  records  chronologically 
those  done  from  1898-1907,  number¬ 
ing,  including  the  Appendix,  226  sub¬ 
jects;  since  the  latter  date  be  has 
added  many  more,  the  exact  number  we  are  unable  to 
state,  our  present  exhibition  includes  a  larger  number 
of  those  done  since  1907. 

Bone’s  early  training  in  an  architect’s  studio  was  of 
great  assistance  to  him  in  the  career  he  afterwards 
adopted.  In  a  general  way  it  paralleled  that  of  Meryon, 
whose  first  instruction  was  acquired  in  the  Naval  School 
at  Brest  (when  he  was  16  years  old).  Both  these  artist- 
etchers  thereby  laid  the  foundation  for  the  career  into 
which  they  entered ;  they  each  selected  sub j  ects  very 
much  in  common,  viz:  streets  in  the  cities  showing 
prominent  buildings,  surrounded  with  life  and  movement, 
careful  and  intelligent  working  out  of  details  in  orna¬ 
mentation  and  construction — in  fact,  presenting  to  the 
beholder  the  feeling  that  here  we  have  an  accurate 
translation  of  the  place  itself,  even  though  often  full  of 
detail,  yet  not  obviously  distressingly  so,  one  is  im¬ 
pressed  by  the  balance  in  composition  and  knowledge 
displayed  in  tonal  values,  all  wonderful  to  arrive  at  when 
expressed  by  the  medium  of  lines  on  a  copper  plate. 


8  Tontine  Gates  D.  46,  1899 

Etching,  enriched  with  Dry  Point  Third 
State  Sixty  impressions 

9  The  Dry  Dock  D.  48,  1899 

Etching  and  Dry  Point  Sixth  State  Sixty 
impressions 

10  Gartloch,  near  Glasgow  D.  58,  1899 

Etching,  finished  with  Dry  Point  Only 
State  Three  impressions 

11  The  Wrecker  D.  56,  1899 

Dry  Point  Second  State  Five  impressions 

IS  Shipsmiths,  Finnestoun  D.  71,  1900 

Dry  Point  on  zinc  Second  State  Eleven 
impressions 

18  Mike,  the  Dvnamiter  D.  7S,  1900 

Dry  Point  Second  State  Eight  impressions 
(The  sitter  had  served  time  for  a  dyna¬ 
mite  outrage  in  Glasgow) 

14  The  East  Breast,  Greenock  D.  76,  1900 

Etching,  finished  with  Dry  Point  Only 
State  About  Thirty  impressions 

15  Old  Linlithgow  D.  85,  1901 

Etching  Only  State  One  impression 

16  The  Black  Cap  D.  9S,  1901 

Dry  Point  Second  State  About  Six 
impressions 


D.  98,  1901 

About  Six 


17  Rothesay  Castle 

Dry  Point  Second  State 
impressions 

18  Rhenish  Evangeliarium  D.  118,  1901 

Dry  Point  Trial  E  About  Eight  Trial 
Proofs 

19  Belgrave  Hospital,  Kennington 

D.  119,  1902 

Dry  Point  on  zinc  Second  State  Seven¬ 
teen  impressions 


20  Watkins’  Airing  Yard 
Etching  Only  State 
impressions 


D.  121  1903 

About  Fourteen 


21  The  Market  Place,  Ely  D.  138,  1903 

Dry  Point  Second  State  Nine  impressions 

22  Long  King’s  Lynn,  Reversed  D.  140,  1904 

Dry  Point  Second  State  Three  impressions 

23  Small  King’s  Lynn  D.  141,  1903 

Soft  Ground  Etching  Only  State  Eight 
impressions 

24  Coulton’s  Doorway,  King’s  Lynn 

D.  143,  1903 

Dry  Point  Fifteen  impressions 


25  Wilmington,  Sussex  D.  145,  1903 

Dry  Point  Third  State  Nineteen  impres¬ 
sions 


26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

37 


Clare  Market  D.  147,  1903 

Dry  Point  Only  State  Twenty  impressions 

Southampton,  from  Eling  D.  148,  1903 
Dry  Point 

Old  and  New  Gaiety  Theatres 

D.  149,  1904 

Dry  Point 

Chiswick 
Dry  Point 

Cambridge  Midsummer  Fair 
Dry  Point 


South  Gate,  King’s  Lynn 
Dry  Point  First  State 


D.  150,  1904 
D.  152,  1904 
D.  153,  1904 
D.  154,  1903 
D.  155,  1903 
D.  157,  1903 


Ely  Cathedral 

Dry  Point  Published  State 

Fisher’s  Creek,  King’s  Lynn 
Dry  Point  Third  State 

The  Haystack 

Dry  Point  Second  State 

Book  Plate  of  Lincoln  College,  Oxford 

D.  158,  1904 

Dry  Point 

The  Shot  Tower  D.  160,  1904 

Dry  Point  Forty-two  impressions 

Stratford  Mews 

Dry  Point  Only  State 


D.  162,  1904 

Four  impressions 


38 

39 

40 

41 

42 

43 

44 

45 

46 

47 


Building  (No.  110  New  Bond  St.,  London) 

D.  163,  1904 

Dry  Point  Forty-five  impressions 

Newhaven,  Sussex  D.  164,  1904 

Dry  Point  Fourth  State  Five  impressions 

Gertrude  and  Stephen,  No.  3  D.  169,  1905 
Dry  Point  Fourth  State  Ten  impressions 
(Portraits  of  the  Artist’s  wife  and  first  child) 


Stephen  Asleep  on  His  Mother’s  Lap 


Dry  Point 

Mrs.  Dodd 
Dry  Point 

Ayr  Prison 


Only  State 


D.  175,  7905 

Five  impressions 


Nine  impressions 


D.  176,  1905 


D.  179,  1905 

Dry  Point  Only  State  Forty-one  impres¬ 
sions 


Yorkshire  Smithy 

Dry  Point  Second  State 
sions 


D.  180,  1905 

Twenty  impres- 


Leeds  D.  181,  1905 

Dry  Point  Second  State  Thirty-four  im¬ 
pressions 

Leeds  Warehouses  D.  182,  1905 

Dry  Point  Third  State  Forty-one  impres¬ 
sions 


The  Masts,  Lincoln  D.  183,  1905 

Dry  Point  First  State  Twenty-six 
impressions 


48 

The  Fosse,  Lincoln 

D.  184,  1905 

Dry  Point 

First  State 

Thirty-five  impres- 

sions 

49 

Somerset  House 

D.  185,  1905 

Dry  Point 

Fifty-five 

impressions 

50 

The  Auld  Brig,  Ayr 

D.  187,  1905 

Dry  Point 

Fourteen 

impressions 

51 

Ossett,  Yorkshire 

D.  188,  1905 

Dry  Point 

Fifty  impressions 

52 

Boat-Building 

on  the  Aire,  Wakefield 

D.  190,  1905 

Dry  Point 

Eighteen 

impressions 

53 

Distant  Oxford 

D.  195,  1905 

Dry  Point 

Second 

State  Thirty-eight 

impressions 

54 

Demolition  of 

St.  James’  Hall  Interior 

D.  196,  1906 

Dry  Point 

Fifty-five 

impressions 

55 

Hove 

D.  197,  1906 

Dry  Point 

Second  State  Thirty-six  im- 

pressions 

56 

Oxfordshire 

D.  198,  1906 

Dry  Point 

Second  State  Forty-nine  im- 

pressions 

57 

Hampstead  Heath 

D.  199,  1906 

Dry  Point  Forty-one  impressions 


58 

59 

60 

61 

63 

63 

64 

65 

66 


Heath  Brow,  Hampstead  D.  200,  1906 
Dry  Point  Second  State  Thirteen  im¬ 
pressions 

The  Great  Gantry,  Charing  Cross  Station, 
London  D.  203,  1906 

Dry  Point  Trial  D  Fifty  impressions 

Rye,  from  Camber  (The  larger  Plate) 

D.  204,  1907 

Dry  Point  Only  State  Two  impressions 

Rye,  from  Camber  D.  205,  1907 

Dry  Point  Thirty-eight  impressions 

Study  for  Liberty’s  Clock  D.  206,  1907 
Dry  Point  Ten  impressions 

Demolition  of  St.  James’  Hale,  Exterior 

D.  207,  1907 

Dry  Point  First  State  Sixty-two  im¬ 
pressions 

St.  John’s  Wood  D.  208,  1907 

Dry  Point  Sixty  impressions 

First  Study  for  Ballantrae  Road 

D.  209,  1907 

Dry  Point  First  State  Twelve  impressions 

Third  Study  for  Ballantrae  Road 

D.  211,  1907 

Dry  Point  Second  State  Eleven  impres¬ 
sions 


67  The  Ballantrae  Road  D.  212,  1908 

Dry  Point  Trial  A  Seventy-three  im¬ 
pressions 

68  Mrs.  Drummond  and  Another  Head 

D.  215,  1898 

Dry  Point  Only  State  Five  impressions 

69  Glasgow  Harbour  D.  217,  1900 

Dry  Point  Twelve  impressions 


THE  FOLLOWING  NOT  IN  MR.  DODGSON’S 
CATALOGUE 


( Alphabetically  Arranged ) 


70 

The  Alps  from  Lido 

71 

Archway,  Chioggia 

72 

Ayr  Beach 

1910 

78 

Cheshire  Farm 

71 

Country  Mews 

1909 

75 

Culross  Roofs 

1910 

76 

Demolition  of  the  Sardinian 
Kingsway 

Chapel, 

1915 

Only  State 


77 


Distant  Fermo  :  Small  Plate 


78 

79 

80 

81 

82 

83 

84 

85 

86 

87 

88 

89 

90 

91 

92 

93 

94 

95 


The  Dogana 


Dunimarle 


1910 

1909 


Ely  Yard 


Falmouth 

The  Fishmarket,  Venice  :  First  Plate  1915 
Only  State 

The  Fishmarket,  Venice:  Second  Plate 
From  the  Adelphi 
Great  Yarmouth 


Trial  Proof 


The  Guidecca,  Venice 

Only  State 


1915 


Lanterna,  Genoa 
Liberty’s  Clock 
Midnight  Soup 
Montalban  Tower 
Moy 

Near  Chichester  1910 

The  New  Strand  1908 

Old  Palace,  Culross  1910 

On  the  “Y,”  Amsterdam  1915 


Only  State 


96 

97 

98 

99 

100 

101 

102 

103 

104 

105 

106 

107 

108 

109 


Piccadilly  Circus,  1915 

Only  State 

The  proceeds  from  the  publication 
plate  were  donated  by  the  Artist 
Belgian  Relief  Fund. 

Portrait  of  the  Artist 

Provost’s  Boathouse 

Rainy  Night  in  Rome 

Only  State 

Repairing  the  “Auld  Brigg,”  Ayr 

San  Frediano  in  Celesto,  Florence 

Only  State 

South  Coast:  No.  1 

Only  State 

South  Coast  :  No.  2 
Stirling  Castle:  No.  1 
Stirling  Castle:  No.  2 
Under  the  Pincian  Trees 
Walberswick  Ferry 
Week  Green  Farm 
Ypres  Tower,  Rye 


1915 

of  this 
to  the 

1907 
1910 

1914 

1915 
1915 

1908 

1909 
1909 


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